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Anomoepus major

Reptilia - Moyenisauropodidae

Taxonomy
Anomoepus major was named by Hitchcock (1858). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Roswell Field's Orchard, Gill, which is in a Hettangian/Sinemurian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/shale in the Portland Formation of Massachusetts.

It was synonymized subjectively with Fulicopus lyellianus by Lull (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Sauropus barrattii by Lull (1917).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Anomoepus major Hitchcock p. 56
1861Anomoepus major Deane p. 52
1871Anomoepus major Hitchcock p. xxi
1886Anomoepus major Eyerman p. 72
1889Anomoepus major Hitchcock p. 118
1894Anomoepus major Lyman p. 207
1898Anomoepus major Hitchcock p. 401
1930Anomoepus major Hay p. 4
1996Anomoepus major Gierlinski p. 179
2007Anomoepus major Hadri et al. p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Ornithischia()
—Genasauria
—Cerapoda
—Ornithopoda()
familyMoyenisauropodidae
genusAnomoepus
speciesmajor

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Anomoepus major Hitchcock 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: gregariouso
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:40:05
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:40:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: Hettangian or 201.30000 to 199.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Massachusetts) Anomoepus major (52986)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8USA (Massachusetts) Anomoepus major (type locality: 52987 91578)